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Container volumes at Port Houston have skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2024. Port executives reported that last month was Houston’s biggest March ever, and they are continuing to take steps to grow the port’s capabilities.

A Japanese consortium made up of coastal shipping company Imoto Lines and marine software company Marindows is launching a government-backed effort to develop a next-generation containership.

Swedish investigators now believe that an engineer working aboard a Stena ropax in Scandinavia likely died of electrocution and not natural causes as was initially assumed at the time of the death.

The Iranian spy ship Behshad has departed the Gulf of Aden and headed for home, ending the vessel's alleged role in the Red Sea maritime security crisis. Behshad deployed to the Red Sea in 2021, and analysts believe that the ship has served as a staging point and command post for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' operations in Yemen.

The designs have been finalized and the shipyard was chosen for an ambitious project to build two of the world’s largest hydrogen-fueled passenger and car ferries. The project has been in development for several years with the designs initially approved in 2022 and now with the shipyard selected, Norway expects the vessels will be delivered in 2026.

South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is entering the European offshore wind energy market as it looking for opportunities to leverage its expertise and expand its presence in offshore energy.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative designed to demonstrate the potential of collective efforts to drive the decarbonization of shipping, a group of leading consumer and manufacturing companies banded together to contract for shipper services from Singapore to Rotterdam.

Diplomatic and commercial efforts are underway to gain the freedom of the crew from the MSC Aries containership that Iran seized on Saturday, April 13 as it was nearing the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has come under pressure from Portugal where the ship is registered as well as India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Russia, all of which have crewmembers aboard the vessel.

Q1 of 2024 has started out well for CPC Coli Project Cargo in Istanbul. The company contracted a continuous flow of industrial project cargo shipments. The full subsidiary of COLI Group (Germany) handled projects consisting of more than 10,000 freight tonnes, including various (heavy) lifts ranging from 35 mt to 300 mt units.

After months of increasing restrictions due to falling water levels in its reservoir, the Panama Canal Authority will continue its gradual restoration of daily transits and add a foot to the maximum draft. The decision was made after an analysis of the water levels, efforts to save water and increase storage, and a slight increase in rainfall levels in April ahead of the traditional rainy season.

The Norwegian project called Ocean Charger reports it has successfully undertaken a broad range of proof on concept tests for the new technological solutions for energy transfer to battery-powered ships offshore. The project which is one of several efforts underway has finalized the prototype phase as it seeks to make possible zero-emission ship operations at offshore wind farms.

Oregon’s only ocean seaport, the Port of Portland, informed shippers yesterday that it plans to suspend container operations as of October 1. Like many smaller, regional ports, volumes increased during the pandemic as they provided an alternative to the congested major seaports but as the industry returned to normal volumes, Portland has seen its financial losses grow.

Egyptian authorities are detaining a Liberian-registered gas carrier after the vessel grounded in an environmentally sensitive area in the Gulf of Aqaba. Salvage teams were able to refloat the vessel and move it into a secure anchorage near Safaga, Egypt in the Red Sea.

The team behind Net Feasa has deployed wireless networks on container ships and commercial aircraft for over a quarter of a century. We have designed the Vessel Control Tower platform to deliver to shipping companies’ full visibility of all IoT-enabled sensors, particularly in relation to cargo, on the bridge. 

Investigators for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) boarded the containership Dali early on Monday morning, April 15, to open a criminal investigation into the circumstances leading up to the catastrophic events that caused the collapse of the Francisco Scott Key Bridge and the loss of six workers on the bridge.

First MAN methanol propulsion engine for electric propulsion is a fact, we are the engine manufacturer for the Marine future! Breakthrough order of 3 × MAN 21/31DF-M units for chemical tanker propulsion

Badhoevedorp, 12 April 2024 - Coastal Workboats, a renowned name in the maritime industry for its commitment to sustainability, will collaborate with EST-Floattech, a leading provider of energy storage solutions for the maritime sector. EST-Floattech will be providing the battery system for the purpose-built Electric-Landing Utility Vessel (E-LUV) to be built at Coastal Workboats

After a $44 million investment in shore power infrastructure and equipment, all three cruise berths at Pier 66 are now electric. In effect, this advances plans by the facility to become the greenest port in North America with the 2024 Cruise Season seeing more vessels plug into shore power at Pier 66.

On Saturday, Iranian military forces boarded a large containership operated by MSC and directed the ship to sail into Iranian waters. Iranian media is calling the 158,000 dwt MSC Aries an Israeli vessel, but did not make specific accusations leading to the seizure.

Finnish ro/pax operator Viking Line began offering passengers the opportunity to pay for bio-LNG on its voyages last year, and the possibilities for using this sustainable fuel have been growing, the company reported last week